Insights Quick Reference (PDF)

See the Quick Reference guide for an overview of the interface and features.

Introduction to Insights 

The PassiveLogic® Insights™ application is a tool for exploring the ontology of the Quantum™ data model and the data structure of your digital twins. It's a workshop for refining your queries, with a visual drag-and-drop Query Builder as well as a GraphQL IDE for the Quantum API™.

Your building model is a Quantum instance graph, which is the collection of object instances and relationships used to represent your building and its associated data. Insights can be used to freely explore the graph of a building project. Other software tools such as Blueprint can open Insights with the Quantum icon, to let you see the data structure for any object you select such as floors, zones, equipment, or walls.

Ontology view: In the visual Ontology Graph Explorer, you can navigate the domains of Quantum, the first-class object types of each domain, and the relationships between each of the object types. 

Query Builder: A tool that allows you to drag and drop objects and attributes to create a query visually, then use the built-in GraphiQL plugin to generate a query in the Quantum API syntax and return the results of the query. Open it by clicking the Build Query button.

Project picker: In the Project Picker, you can easily filter to see just one of your projects. 

Viewing a digital twin instance graph

In Portfolio, you can select a project and then click Insights to open it and explore its Quantum digital twin data.

In the visual Ontology Graph Explorer zoom in and view relationships and details. When you click Build Query, the domain drawers open so you can see all the model instances. 

On the right, the Table panel displays the attribute values for the model instance you have selected. In the JSON panel, you can view the model as JSON. In the bottom right, you can download the model JSON file.

Viewing digital twins linked in Blueprint or Creator

When you have a building project open in Blueprint or Creator (called an Active Session), you have the option to view the data structure for individual items in your digital twin.

Select a model instance in your building, such as a door or zone, and then click the Insights icon in the top toolbar. The Insights application opens in a new tab, as a session that is linked. The Quantum Instance graph displays a view of the data structure, filtered on the model instance you selected. 

While the linked session is live, you can select a different model instance and the view in Insights will change accordingly, updating approximately every 10 seconds.

 The following image shows how you can select a linked or Active Session in Insights. Click the dragger in the bottom left to open the Project Picker panel.